1 Barrett Crescent is a detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1UR). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in January 1998. Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 14.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £415,000 sits 310.9% above the 1998 sale of £101,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 43.7% below the postcode norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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1 Barrett Crescent sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Jul 2024
Householder application for the proposed alterations and addition of pitched roof to porch and alterations to front cladding.
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1 Barrett Crescent's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£415,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.8% per year over 1 year.
£101,000
Growth on file: 14.8% per year over 1 year.
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1 Barrett Crescent is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,135
Street avg £2,856
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 75 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
7 January 1998Most recent
£101,000
+14.8%over 11 months7 February 1997
£88,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1UR: £310,000 (2023–2014).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
RG40 1EZ
Barrett Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Crispin's School. 20 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.5dB